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| ID | Word | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2719 | darā | n. revenue sub-division comprising a number of villages in the Baisi and the Jumla region (M.C. Regmi 1978: 161; M.C. Regmi 1988: 266), sub-division of a tahasila (Kumar 1967: 165). | t.t. |
| 3083 | darabandī | [P.] var. daravaṃdī, daravaṃdi; n. a designated position with a fixed salary for operating a government or non-government office; determination of the required number of staff (cf. Parājulī et al VS 2067: s.v.); #a register of alms recipients# | t.t. |
| 175 | darabāra | var. darbāra, durbar; n. 1) royal palace. 2) royal court consisting of kings and nobles. 3) court assembly where nobles or foreign delegates are received. | t.t. |
| 1803 | darāi | var. daravai, daroī, darahī; n. an ethnic group in the low land, living as fishermen and farmers (see Bista 1996: 139-145; Bouillier 1991: 18 fn. 14; Höfer 2004: 8). | t.t. |
| 1518 | darakhāsta / darkhāsta | [fr. P.] n. petition, application by an individual to an governmental office. | t.t. |
| 1821 | darmāhā | var. darmāha; monthly salary | t.t. |
| 1889 | dārogā | n. elephant stable manager; cp. Edwards 1975: 109; Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 183; Locke 2006: 149. | t.t. |
| 2999 | darśana | n. a vision, sight or blessing of a deity or an honourable person. On darśana, see D. Eck (1985) and Michaels “Darśana”, in: Religion Past and Present, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_03411 (first published online in 2011; last accessed on 21 June 2022). | t.t. |
| 2339 | darśanabheṭa | var. darsanabheṭa; n. 1) formal meeting with the king or another superior. 2) a cash levy paid to the King and principal members of the royal family by civil and military personnel at the time of their first appointment and confirmation of their services at the annual pajanī or on other such occasions (Adhikari 1984: 347, M.C. Regmi 1978: 226). | t.t. |
| 2312 | dasaĩ māmulī | also dasaĩko māmulī; n. usual obligation to be payed on the occasion of the dasaĩ festival (cf. M.L. Karmacharya 1996: 62); often consisted of non-monetary dues. According to DNA_0015_0091 these revenues were personally enjoyed by the chief minister, i.e. by Bhīmasena Thāpā and after him by Jaṅga Bahādura Kũvara Rāṇā. | t.t. |
| 1854 | dasaĩ / daśaĩ | [fr. S. daśāha] var. dasai; n. festival to worship the goddess Durgā as slayer of the buffalo demon, held over the bright half of the autumn month of Āśvina (baḍā dasaĩ) and, on a smaller scale, over the bright half of the spring month of Caitra (caite dasaĩ). | t.t. |
| 1952 | dasaĩghara | var. dasaighara; n. lit. "house for dasaĩ;" ritual arena for worshipping the goddess Durgā on the occasion of dasaĩ, either in a room or building exclusively used for this purpose (see K_0625_0039), or temporarily erected within another building. | t.t. |
| 3031 | daśakarma | [S.] n. lit. "the ten rituals". In Newar Buddhism a set of ten life-cycle rituals used to consecrate or reconsecrate a holy image. The ten rites consist of: 1) jātakarma (birth purification) 2) nāmakaraṇa (name giving) 3) phalaprāśana (feeding fruits) 4) annaprāśana (first rice feeding) 5) cūḍākaraṇa (first head-shaving) 6) vratādeśa (beginning learning) 7) upanayana (loincloth worship/monastic initiation) 8) vratamokṣaṇa (removing monk's robe) 9) pāṇigrahaṇa (marriage) 10) prāṇapratiṣṭhā (the actual consecration of the image) (see Locke 1980: 210-18; Gellner 1992: 198-99). | t.t. |
| 1818 | daśanāmī | [S.] n. an order of Śaiva ascetics said to be founded by Śaṅkarācharya. | t.t. |
| 2206 | daśanāmī | var. dasanāma; | t.t. |
| 2326 | Dāsatvamocana Aḍḍā | n. the manumission office established by Candra Śamśera in VS 1982 (1925 CE). | t.t. |
| 2178 | dasauda | n. a 10-percent tax or fee imposed on sales, compensations etc. by the state. | t.t. |
| 2256 | daskata / daskhata | [fr. P. dastkhata]; n. 1) signature, especially that of the prime minister (Adhikari 1984: 347); 2) a missive signed by the prime minister (see also lālamohara daskhata and rukkā daskhata or another high official. | t.t. |
| 2563 | dastkhata | [P.]; n. signature. See also daskata / daskhata. | t.t. |
| 909 | dastura | [fr. P. dastūr] n. 1) customary fee. 2) custom, tradition, rule. See also daidastura. | t.t. |
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